On 2008-07-17, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>> Only a super-lamer-wanker Win-droid would do something as idiotic as that.
>> Why bother to run Linux at all, if you can't even run a simple ****ing
>> editor?[/color]
>
> BTW, some Win$ editors are really good. Don't overlook them. Do we have
> DreamWeaver 8 for Linux? No... I guess.
>[/color]

DreamWeaver 8 for anything is *NOT* a cli based test editor.

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07-17-2008, 07:57 AM

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Re: Easy terminal text editor?

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:35:21 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> If you would actually bother to READ the OP you'd see that he's looking
>> for an editor that runs in a terminal. notepad does not meet that
>> requirement. If he was looking for a GUI editor, I'd have recommended
>> nedit - I've never found anything better.[/color]
>
> I suddenly remember an editor that simulates WordStar: joe editor.
>
> [url]http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/[/url]
>
> But then, how many kids knew about WordStar? :)[/color]

A lot of programmers editors used the Wordstar keystrokes.

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07-17-2008, 12:54 PM

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Re: Easy terminal text editor?

Trevor Best wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:35:21 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> If you would actually bother to READ the OP you'd see that he's looking
>>> for an editor that runs in a terminal. notepad does not meet that
>>> requirement. If he was looking for a GUI editor, I'd have recommended
>>> nedit - I've never found anything better.[/color]
>> I suddenly remember an editor that simulates WordStar: joe editor.
>>
>> [url]http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/[/url]
>>
>> But then, how many kids knew about WordStar? :)[/color]
>
> A lot of programmers editors used the Wordstar keystrokes.
>[/color]

Anyway, you could still use it like notepad.exe without knowing those
<CTRL> hotkeys. :)

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:35:21 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> If you would actually bother to READ the OP you'd see that he's looking
>> for an editor that runs in a terminal. notepad does not meet that
>> requirement. If he was looking for a GUI editor, I'd have recommended
>> nedit - I've never found anything better.[/color]
>
> I suddenly remember an editor that simulates WordStar: joe editor.
>
> [url]http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/[/url]
>
> But then, how many kids knew about WordStar? :)[/color]

I still have a boxed set in CP/M for my Commodore 128.

07-18-2008, 10:16 AM

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Re: Easy terminal text editor?

>> But then, how many kids knew about WordStar? :)[color=blue]
> I still have a boxed set in CP/M for my Commodore 128.[/color]
[color=blue]
>salute<[/color]

Well, I started with WordStar 3.3 on PC, I think. Can't quite remember
the editor I was using when typing some papers using an Apple ][.
I went WordPerfect after discovering its power. WP 5.1 is really powerful!

> Well, I started with WordStar 3.3 on PC, I think. Can't quite remember[color=blue]
> the editor I was using when typing some papers using an Apple ][.
> I went WordPerfect after discovering its power. WP 5.1 is really powerful![/color]

.... All the power in just a 1.44Mbytes diskette, basically all the
things you ever need with word processing (formatting, pictures, TOC,
index creation, mail merge...). Look at the sizes of OpenOffice and
Micro$oft Office plus the OS and desktop manager, and you would wonder .....

Joe wrote:
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> On 2008-07-17, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
> wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>>> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
>>
>> Use Wine to run notepad.exe or other Window$ editors? Of course, you
>> need to learn a bit about setting up and using Wine
>> "http://www.winehq.org" first. :)
>>[/color]
>
> Wow. That might be the stupidest recommendation yet... Good job!
> ;-)
>
> If they are already in X, using gedit will work as well (or better)
> than notepad, and doesn't require wine.
>
> If they need a cli editor, there are plenty available that work fine.
>
> No need for wine just for an editor...
>
>[/color]
Actually, if you are already in the terminal, you can also use vim, nano or
pico

07-20-2008, 07:55 AM

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Re: Easy terminal text editor?

Welcome to the party! That's exactly what he was asking for! ;-)

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